cockeyed

• Umgangssprachliches Adjektiv für etwas Schiefes, Verdrehtes oder Schräges; auch für etwas absurdes oder unrealistisches. Zudem bezeichnet es im Britischen ein schielendes Auge, besonders in der Wendung 'cockeyed' für ein schielendes Auge.

An informal adjective describing something that is crooked, askew, or absurdly unrealistic.

1. Crooked or askewB2informal

   Turned or twisted to one side; not straight.

   Schief oder verzerrt

   • His hat was cockeyed after the wind blew it.
   • The picture on the wall is hanging cockeyed.
   • She gave him a cockeyed grin.

   Synonymeaskewaslantawrycrookedlopsidedskewedtilted

   Antonymealignedevenlevelstraight

2. Absurd or ridiculousC1informal

   Incongruous or foolish; inviting ridicule.

   Absurd, lächerlich

   • That's a cockeyed plan that will never work.
   • He has some cockeyed ideas about how to run a business.
   • The whole situation was so cockeyed it was almost funny.

   Synonymeabsurdasininefoolishidioticinaneludicrousnonsensicalpreposterousridiculoussilly

   Antonymelogicalrationalreasonablesensible

3. Very drunkC1slang

   Intoxicated to the point of being unsteady or silly.

   Volltrunken

   • After three beers, he was completely cockeyed.
   • They got cockeyed at the party last night.
   • She stumbled home, feeling a bit cockeyed.

   Synonymeblottoinebriatedintoxicatedplasteredsloshedsmashedsousedsozzledtightwasted

   Antonymesober